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Agostino Steffani

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July 25, 1654: Agostino Steffani is born in Castelfranco, Republic of Venice.
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February 12, 1728: Agostino Steffani dies in Frankfurt-am-Main, a Free City of the Holy Roman Empire, aged 73 years, six months, and 18 days.
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Today in Music and History: November 23
1915: World War I: British and French leaders decide on the evacuation of Gallipoli.

German forces defeat the Serbians at Pristina and Mitrovica in Kosovo taking 17,000 prisoners. Bulgarian forces cut off the Serbian escape route and the remaining 200,000 Serbian soldiers begin a long retreat into Albania.
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